"Just like in Europe in the feudal days, the typical Chinese public servant today drags himself around with little or no money, and thus stays close to his master. In the past, that was the emperor, now it is the party. Can China's new government end corruption? , The Japan Times, Tokyo"

“The shengren is the single most important concept in Chinese history.”

“Honesty and facts are almost irrelevant. Getting attention is key, causing offence is desirable, and provoking a physical response is the jackpot.”

“Any sage can do philosophy, but not every philosopher is a sage.”

“Chinese holiday names are not dead yet, although I would hardly call them alive either: they are truly undead vocabularies.”

“Harvard has de facto become a Chinese outpost. -- Oh, boy, do the Chinese love Harvard! , China Daily, Beijing”

“As a rule, for any society that is single-mindedly interested in its own promotion and thus survival, it would have to have a h uge population and it would have to send its people out, not letting too many others in.”